• Residents of Ezbet Hamada gather to end their fast at sunset in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt. All photos: Reuters
    Residents of Ezbet Hamada gather to end their fast at sunset in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt. All photos: Reuters
  • Residents of Ezbet Hamada gather to eat during Iftar gathering, a meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. Picture taken April 16, 2022. REUTERS/ Fatma Fahmy NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
    Residents of Ezbet Hamada gather to eat during Iftar gathering, a meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. Picture taken April 16, 2022. REUTERS/ Fatma Fahmy NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
  • Communal meals have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely suspended for the past two years due to Covid-19 restrictions.
    Communal meals have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely suspended for the past two years due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  • Evening street meals are organised by charities for the poor, while others, like the one in Matariya, are run by local communities that pool food donations.
    Evening street meals are organised by charities for the poor, while others, like the one in Matariya, are run by local communities that pool food donations.
  • Zainab Radwan cooks meat for Ezbet Hamada district residents.
    Zainab Radwan cooks meat for Ezbet Hamada district residents.
  • Chefs barbecue food.
    Chefs barbecue food.
  • Women look out from their homes at an iftar gathering.
    Women look out from their homes at an iftar gathering.
  • Egypt has been hit by successive waves of Covid-19 infections and imposed a nighttime curfew that coincided with Ramadan in 2020. Most restrictions have now been lifted.
    Egypt has been hit by successive waves of Covid-19 infections and imposed a nighttime curfew that coincided with Ramadan in 2020. Most restrictions have now been lifted.

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Residents gather for iftar meals in Egypt - in pictures

Ramadan banquets were suspended for two years due to Covid-19 restrictions

The National

April 23, 2022

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Updated: April 23, 2022, 9:21 AM
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